"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.